With 11 seconds to go to overtime, when the ball popped out of the frame and fell into Paul's arms, a scalpel-like pass landed in Curry's hands with precision, and a graceful arc cut through the sky, Curry knew it was time to say "good, night!" to the world”
good,night！
On the morning of December 20, Beijing time, the NBA regular season kicked off, ushering in a strong matchup between the league's giants, and the Celtics challenged the Warriors away. The Warriors are currently the most successful team in the league in the past ten years, without one, four championships in ten years, and the Celtics are one of the league's traditional powerhouses, with 17 championships, since winning the championship in 08, has not touched the championship, but the strength has been very strong.
The Warriors and Celtics can be described as rivals, and the two teams met in six finals in '22, and the Warriors won the championship 4-2. Since then, the two teams have completely bonded together.
So far this season, the Warriors are 11th in the West with a 12-14 record, and the Celtics are 1st in the league with a 20-5 record.
This season, the Celtics are far stronger than the Warriors in terms of lineup and combat power, and I thought it would be a one-sided game, but I didn't expect the Warriors to stage a Jedi reversal.
So let's analyze the main reasons why the Warriors were able to win this game:
1.The water splashes together, and Curry is super god.
In this game, Curry had 33 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, shooting 11-of-21 from the field, 6-of-11 from three-point range, and 545% and 5-of-5 free throws. Thompson had 24 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 9-of-21 shooting, 6-of-15 three-pointers, and 40% three-point shooting. The Splash Brothers combined for 57 points + 7 + 10 assists, 12-of-26 three-pointers, and a three-point shooting rate of 46%. In this game, Curry scored 20 points in the final quarter and overtime in the final quarter and overtime, and scored 5 points in a row at the decisive moment, especially in the last minute to shoot a key three-pointer and kill the game with one hit. I have to say that Curry used his supernatural play to win for the Warriors.
2.Great performance from young players.
In this game, the Warriors started Thompson, Curry, Kuminga, Podemski and Looney. The Celtics started Brown, White, Tatum, Horford and Holiday out. Kerr started with three young players, and used a large number of "three old with two new" combination mode during the game, especially in the final moments of the game, using inside player Tress Jackson Davis instead of Rooney, playing the role of the patron saint of the penalty area, and completing the task brilliantly. In this game, Davis shot 5 of 7 and efficiently scored 10 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 blocks, and played well at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. The young player Kuminga played well, efficiently cut 17 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, continuously hit the basket on the offensive end, and worked the defensive end, especially at the last critical moment in the fourth quarter, the successful defense of Tatum won high praise from veterans such as Curry and Paul.
3.Celtic's tactical arrangement problem.
In this game, the Warriors were able to turn the tables against the wind when they were 24 points behind, on the one hand, they played well, and on the other hand, they also had their own tactical arrangements, and the key to the game was finally, in the case of the Warriors using a five-small lineup, the Warriors Curry took advantage of Horford's slow movement and frequently pulled out to single Horford, and scored, Coach Mazzulla still put Horford on the court. The Celtics double-probe fell into a single play at critical moments, especially the last shot in the fourth quarter, Tatum chose to barely make a three-point shot, and Brown missed the basket in overtime. On the Celtics side, White had 30 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists on 11-of-24 shooting, playing well. Tatum finished with 15 points, eight rebounds and seven assists on 5-of-17 shooting. Brown had 28 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Horford had 13 points, 12 rebounds and six assists.